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About the author: R. Miranda has been featured in the second poem, “Seesaw.” In person, he is a large, barrel chested man who beat Danny Trejo during a bench pressing contest. His introspective poems about prison life and other topics shine, whether spoken aloud or read on the page.

About the Author: Jeff Holloway is a new student to Prisoner’s Poetry. He has been interested in poetry since he began writing a year ago. As a poet, he has mainly concentrated in free verse poems, but he has shown interest in expanding his understanding by being an active student when learning about more structured poetry.

About the Poem: This it the first in a series of free verse poems with education as the main theme that were written only a few weeks ago! Holloway’s use of rhyme shows his understanding of rhythm and flow.

This sonnet is an interesting view on the struggles of love, and leaves you with a heart-less message. The spelling and capitalization is notably divergent from the grammatically correct, and this leads to some deeper probing in the word choice.

About the author: R. Miranda has been featured in the second poem, “Seesaw.” In person, he is a large, barrel chested man who beat Danny Trejo during a bench pressing contest. His introspective poems about prison life were brought to life when he performed this poem for the Prisoner’s Poetry group at the Oregon State Penitentiary Poetry Slam night.

About the Author: Jacob “Creeper” Greenlee has been a part of Prisoner’s Poetry since the start. He has truly embraced poetry as an art form of self expression. He has been featured in Willamette University’s Prisoner’s Poetry video. Currently, he is a continuing student and hopes to incorporate poetry in his life after his time in the Oregon State Penitentiary.

About the Author: Shawn is an old student and very lovable ( a direct quote from Rei!). On that note, Rey describes him as a “teddy bear.” He is currently taking college courses with Chemeketa and is dedicated to being a life long learner. He is interested in pyschology and sociology. He really loves nature and previously showcased a poem about elephants.